Short Term Inpatient Treatment

Substance abuse and addiction are life-altering and threatening conditions. It might be impossible for you to overcome these conditions unless you receive due medical help. This type of help often comes in the form of long and short term inpatient treatment or outpatient rehab. In this guide, you will learn more about short term treatment:

What Does The Treatment Program/Process Address?

Short term inpatient treatment is one of the most common forms of help for people struggling with substance use disorder. The process often takes anywhere between 28 and 30 days. It also involves a wide variety of services, including but not limited to:

• Initial evaluation and assessment
• Supervised detoxification, or medically managed detox
• Individual therapy
• Group therapy sessions
• Aftercare planning

This form of treatment is considered to be effective because it can help you overcome your initial reluctant to get help for your addiction. It can also provide you with medically managed detox services to overcome your withdrawal symptoms, drug cravings, and physical dependence on the substances that you used to abuse. The time you spend in such a program could also prove instrumental in allowing you to start reflecting on the reasons why you abuse drugs while also making plans for your future.

However, it is also important to keep in mind that this type of treatment is only recommended if you have a relatively new or mild substance use disorder. If your addiction is considered to be severe, long lasting, or relapsing, you may want to go for long term inpatient treatment.

How Long Does It Take?

As we mentioned above, the time you spend in a short term inpatient treatment program will mostly be between 28 and 30 days. Since this period is so short, you might assume that it would not be enough to help you overcome your substance use disorder.

However, you should keep in mind that the goal of most of these programs is to ensure that you overcome your reluctance to get help for your addiction. As such, it can provide you with a wide variety of treatments so that you are encouraged to continue with treatment on a long term inpatient or outpatient basis.

Even so, there are some short term treatment programs that might be enough. In such a program, you may be able to completely overcome your addiction and turn your life around. However, this may only be possible if you have a relatively new or mild addiction.

How Much Does It Cost On Average?

There are several factors that will affect the cost of your short term residential addiction treatment programs. Typically, most of these programs will cost a couple of hundreds of dollars for a day of treatment. The factors that will have a role to play in the cost include:

• The amenities that will be available at the recovery facility
• The location of the treatment center
• The treatments that will be offered
• The type of program that you choose
• Your insurance coverage

Research studies estimate that you can expect to pay anywhere between $400 and $900 for every day you spend in a short term inpatient treatment program. This range will be determined by the factors listed above.

Although this might seem like a high price to pay for treatment, you should keep in mind that ongoing addiction will cost you far more than drug rehab - even on a short term basis. There are also many different ways you can offset the cost of such treatment. They include:

• Getting loans
• Insurance
• Payment plans from the drug rehab center
• Scholarships from government agencies and state-funded rehabilitation centers
• Self-pay using out of pocket money from your savings and with the help of your friends and family
• Sliding scale options from the treatment facility

What Are The Typical Day To Day Routines During Treatment?

The other thing you need to consider would be the daily routine that you will be expected to take part in while enrolled in a short term inpatient treatment program. The main thing to keep in mind about this type of treatment is that you will be expected to live at the center. This means that you will all of your time at the facility

Most of the activities that you will take part in will also depend on the stage of your recovery. The different stages include:

• Intake assessment
• Detoxification
• Active therapy and counseling
• That said, the following is what you can expect from a typical day inside such a program:
• Breakfast
• Group therapy sessions for several hours
• Lunch
• More group therapy for some hours
• Individual and family therapy sessions for a couple of hours
• Dinner
• Recreational free time
• Group outings
• Lights out

How Successful Is It?

SAMHSA - the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - reports that about 20 million Americans aged above 12 require ongoing substance abuse treatment and rehab services but do not receive these services. If you are struggling with this disorder, it is important that you seek treatment for it. This is the only way you are going to be able to overcome it and start turning your life around.

That said, the success rate of short term inpatient treatment will largely depend on the severity of your substance abuse, the extent of your addiction, the duration of your drug taking, and the existence of any other co-occurring mental health disorders.

In general, however, these treatment programs are considered to be successful and effective as long as you meet the criteria for rehabilitation through such a program. It is for this reason that you should undergo thorough assessment and evaluation when you choose inpatient treatment. By so doing, you will be able to tell if the program would be suitable and if it would help you achieve full recovery.

Who Should Get This Type Of Treatment?

Spending about a month in a short term inpatient treatment will come with many benefits. However, this form of treatment would most likely only work if you meet certain criteria, including:

• You are planning to go on with treatment either on an outpatient basis or on a long term inpatient basis
• You have not been diagnosed with any other co-occurring medical or mental health disorder
• Your addiction has not progressed enough to require long term treatment
• Your substance abuse is relatively new or mild

As long as you meet the basic criteria and you qualify for short term inpatient treatment, it could prove useful in helping you overcome your substance use disorder and any other addictions that you may also be struggling with.

CITATIONS

https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/locator/about#.XOzz7Y9RVmU

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/addiction-science

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/recovery

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR1-2015/NSDUH-FFR1-2015/NSDUH-FFR1-2015.pdf